Weighing scale



May 1927' L. A. oseooo ET AL- 1626'963 WEIGHINQ SCALE Filed July 25, 1922 '7 Sheets-Sheet 2 I IJVVENTORS L COWYMPM A TTORNEYS.

May 3, 1927. A. os ET AL WEIGHING SCALE Filed July 25, 1922 7 Sheets-Sheet 3 g%w BY v 7/ A TTORNEY$ May 1927' L. A. ossooo ET AL WEIGHING SCALE Filed July 25, 1922 7 Sheets-Sheet 4 May 3,1927. 1;;626,963

L. A. osc-zooo ET AL WEIGHING SCALE Filed J ly 25, 1922 '7 Sheets-Sheet 6 INV NTORS A TTORNEYS.

May 3, 1927.-

I L. A. ossooo ET AL WEIGHING SCALE Filed July 25, 1922 7 Sheets-Sheet 7- fig. /2

ATTORNEYS.

Patented May 3, 1927.

LQ'UIS A. OSGOOD, F DAYTGIL', ANT.) ELMER E. WOLF, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, AS-

ElIGNORE TO INTERNATIONAL SCALE COMPANY, Oil llirflilCOlrl, 0231'), A ClffilflPiLlRi- DION O1? ILLTNOIIB.

Application filed July 25,

This iuvenlion relates lo improvements in wales and is more pmrticularly directed to improvements in the general arrangement ol? the load counterbalancing devices, the weight indicator the tare setting device and lo lhe general improvement of the scale as a whole lo the end that the scale may be more accurate simple and. more iinixpensive lo manufacture and assemble. Other detailed objects oi the pi ent im irovenieut will he more fully set il orth in the 2t(3(.()I-.'lpaiiying specification and claims.

I u the drawings:

vFig. it]. shows an assembly view of the scale mounted upon a portable base.

Fig. #2 shows an enlarged elevational view partly in section of the load counter balancing system.

Fig. 5:23 is a view similar to Fig. #2 and shows the mounting of the counterbah ancing devices and their connection to the indicator and tare setting device.

:"ct l is a vertical central section of in or the parts shown in Fig. #3.

Fig. git-5 is a detail sectional view of the larc setting and indicator driving devices. This view is taken on line AA of Fig. #6.

,nig. :tl-li a detail sectional view of the same pal s taken on line 13-13 of Fig.

Fig. '7 is a diagrammatic illustration of the pendulum load counterbalancing system including the flexible tape connections to the indicator devices and illustratii'ig the means or etliecting tare settings.

Fig. ll-8, a detail ol" the compensating cam pullc is a detail of the sealing disc.

. :ttlll is a detail ot the bearing plate or .rtace.

Figs. #11 and 12 are modifications of the bearing plate.

In more detail; is the load support or platform, which is supported in the usual iuanuer upon the base levers within the hous he ll. From these base levers a steelyard l9: extends u 'iivardl in the center of the pedestal l3 and at its upper end is suitably lhrez'ideil into ball retaining collar 15 and iui'o a lock nut ll. The halls of the recollar rest upon an annular plate nu-h is SlippOl'tQil on the top oi a tube 'iiped there by means ol. a suitable l lit misting 18. The parts just socllc 1922. Serial No. 577.316.

of casting l8 with respect to the steelyard 1.2 when it is desired to rotate the enlire housing oi the scale.

The top oi pedestal ill is provided with. a casting having a ball race thereom receiving balls 19 which, in turn, support a de pending head 20 rigidly carried by dial housing 521. illhese parts term a turn table device and permit the relative rotation ot the dial housing with respect to the pedestal.

With a rotatable dial housing 0t this sort it is i'iecessary that a particular form oi dash pot be employed. This comprises a dash pot cylinder which is supported by casting in any desired manner. This cylinder has a central threaded opening which re ceives an upstanding pipe 23, which pipe extends into the lower end of the pipe or tube 1?. Suitable nuts 24 and proper packing are provided to clamp the pipe 23 in the dash pot cylinder 22. The plunger or piston of the dash pot is termed by two spaced plates 25 clamped to the lower end of pipe 17 and supporting between them a loose annular plate 26, having stuck up portions or nubs thereon to prevent sticking of the loose plate to one or the other of the supporting shoulder plates. This plunger construction permits the dash pot plunger to have free movement laterally in the cooperating cylinder and likewise a slight up and down movement to thereby provide the utmost freedom from friction and to minimize sticking and binding. The dash pot is axially mounted. with respect to the center of rotation of the dial housing and having a central opening permits the steelyard 12 to extend through the center of the dash pot. At the same time the construction of the dash pot is such that it forms a seal and QI'GVQHtS the access of dust into the dial housing. It will be understood. that the dial housing is closed up in the usual i'nanner by glass plate, etc.

The casting 18 at. its upper end is drilled to receive tube 27, which forms a bearing for knife edge 28, which lzniit'e edge is car ried by evener bars 29. These bars are spaced apart and knife edge E28 bridges and connects them.

It will be ui'iderstood that when the load applied to the scale platform that parts 28., 29 are displaced directly in accordance with applied load.

The automatic load couuterbalancing sysiii) tern will be described in connection with diagrammatic Figure 7 which shows by simple lines the arrangement of the parts and by the full line arrows the direction of movement of these parts under load counterbalancing operations. The dotted line arrows indicate the direction of movement of the parts during tare setting operation. Reterence characters similar to those used in Figure 7 will be applied to other figures ot the drawings.

Upon the application oi a load the draft rod 12 will be pulled downwardly drawing the eveners 29 downwardly to an extent proportional to the applied load. These eveners 25,) are suspended by l ourl'lexible tapes $10 which have wrapped connections about substantially circular hubs fill so as to rotate them in the direction ot th arrows upon application of a load. The circular hubs ill have proper curved rolling surfaces to receive the flexible load transn'iitting tapes. Adjust-ably fastened to the hubs ill are members 35 having curved rolling surfaces receiring flexible suspension tapes 33. These latter tapes are wrapped about the supplementary hub portions 35 and cooperate with a bearing plate ill which is disposed between the tapes from one hub portion and the tapes from the other hub. Also fastened to the hubs are pendulums 223 having; their stems relatively crossing each other as shown. Upon the application ol :1 load the eveneri; 99 draw downwardly upon tapes lit) causing; the pendulum 3:2 to swing;' outwardly and upwardly and causing tapes 3 and 30 to unroll trom their cooperating rolling surfaces. Rigid with the hubs are arms 36 which, upon application of a loath swing in the direction indicated. by the arrows. These arms 3' have arcuate end portions 237 about which there is wrapped and l'aslei'ied a tape 38 which, in turn, extends upwardly and passes over a roller ll). loller 3.) carries a knite edge it) supported in a loop bearing 4-1 which in turn is lastened to a tape 42. lipon the application of a load, arms Ell; draw downwardly upon tape 38 and thereby draw downwardly on he tape The angular arrangement of tape 2-38 over its pulley and the cre sed arrangement of the pendulum stems serve to maintain the pendulum hub portions in proximity to each other and adjacent the intermediate bearingplate 34-. The crossiul arrangement ot the pendulum, stems further provide a very compact arrangement for this pendulum system.

hen a load is applied and tape drawn down 'ardly this tape will rotate a pulley 43 in the direction ot the arrow. The tape 42 is wrapped about and fastened to this pulley. Pulley 4-3 in turn is fined to a shaft 4% which is rotatably mounted in suitable bearings carried by the frame of the ma chine. These bearings are preferably of the type shown in the application of Elmer E. lVolt, Serial No. 371,859. Also lined to shaft is a compensating cam disc 45. The eccentricity of this cam and its compensating action is preferably adjustable with respect to shaft 44; by means of the adjustn'ient screws l-(l best shown in Figure 8. The purpose oi? this compensating cam disc is to provide tor equal increments ol' indicator movement for equal increments of the applied load. It the compensating pulley were omitted the graduations on the indicating: dial would have to be irregularly spaced. which imdesirablc. Wrapped about and fastened to cam 45 is a tape at? which extends upwardly and is wrapped around and tastemid ,to a disc or pulley 4:8. This pulley 4b is fastened to a sha l t 4-9 which, in turn is suitably supported in disc bearings carried by frame 51. Upon the application of a load the disc or pulley 4:8 is rotated in the direction ol the hill line. arrows thereby drawing upwardly upon a tape 51., which is wrapped around and fastened to said pulley. From pulley 4-8 the tape 52 extends downwardly and its lower end has a wrapped connection to the iiuilicator driving hub or pulley 53. The tape is wrapped more than once about the periphery of hub 53 and is therefore bilurcated. as. shown in Figure ti. to prevent its rollingup upon itself.-

A suitable pivotal .imlicator 5 1- is taslel'ied to one end of the hub or pulley 5i} and the shalt carrying: this up is suitably mounted in suitable bearin i's carried by the. 'lrauie oi the inachiiu-i. The arrangement oi hub 53 readily proviiiles l or adjustmei'il. of indicator a both ends thereol. A supplementary indicator is shown at 54-" in Figure 7. The ii'idicatmolsweeps over the usual vgraduated load dial which dial fast-- cued in any desired manner in the dial housing. lVrapped about and fastened to pulley 5 is a flexible tape 56. This tape is also biliurcaled to permit a multiple wrapping about the pulley 5 Tape 56 extends upwardly and is wrapped about the pulley 57, which pulley is loosely mounted upon shaft -l-l. The extended end o'l, this tape is provided. with a suitable gravity weight 58. Upon the application of a load, tapebil will rotate pulley 53 in the direction of the full line arrows, thereby drawing down on the tape 56, rotating lOOI-K? pulley 57 and elevating weight 58. In this way the indicator 54 is displaced in accordance with the load. llpon the removal of the applied load, the gravity weight :3 serves to return the indicator to zero and takes up any slack in the tape system.

The foregoing; has described the displacement of the indicator for an applied load counterbalancing operation. In weighing ltlu scales it is also necessary to provide for tare operations in which a receptacle is placed upon the platform and balanced off in some manner. In some cases the weight of this receptacle is known in advance and the scale set for this weight and in other cases the weight of the receptacle 'is an unknown amount and is determined after the commodity is unloiuli-id tl'ierelrom. The coni-struction herein illustrated will take care of either oi these tare operatii'ms as will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

To provide for the tare a tare dial 535 is provided, which dial is concentric with the the load dial and which has its Zero coinciding with zero on the load dial. The last graduation on the load dial coincides with zero and the tare numerals extend in a re verse direction back from zero to those designated in direct loads. \Vith this tare dial arrangr-iment there is no free space back of zero such as is usually used for tare dial markings. Both dials are concentric and indicator 54 is provided with multiple index portions to ali 'n with either tare dial or load dial 55.

To adjust the scale for tare the relative relation of indicator 54 with respect to counterbalancing system .is changed. This is effected by lowering disc 48 from its normal position. The lowering of the disc or pulley 48 is effected by means to be hereinafter described. It is sutticient here to state that the disc is lowered as indicated by dotted line arrow 59 in Figure 7.

Upon lowering of pulley 4L8 fixed pulley 4:?) does not rotate but tape 4&7 winds up upon pulley 48 (see dotted line arrow) causing tape 52 to unwrap from the pulley l8 and to wrap up further upon the hub or pulley 53. Rotation of the pulley 53 under these conditions is effected by the lowering of the gravity weigl'it 58 which turns loose pulley 5'7 anticlockwise and draws up tape 56 causing this tape to be unwrapped from hub 53. This operation rotates hub 53 and displaces indicator hand 5% back from zero to the proper point. upon the tare dial, or to the zero point upon the main load dial, as the case may be. By setting the tare in this manner, there will be no lowering or swinging. of the pendulum system whatsoever, since pulley {t5 does'not rotate and consequently fixed pulley 43 does not rotate. The above construction permits the setting of the tare by the relative adjustment of the indicating device with respect to load counterbalanring system without displacing the latter. This means of tare setting tort-her obviates the necessity of displacing dials from their normal position as heretotore been the practice. With the present construction the pendulum system remains in the position which it has assumed under the tare load and it is not displaced at all during a setting or adjustment.

The foregoing has explained the general operation of the automatic load counterbalancing system and indicator drive and tare adjustment. There are certain specific details of coiuitructiou which may be explained iu tlurther detail.

The pemlulun'i weights 32 are adjustable upon their stems 60 by means of slots therein and adjustment screws (Sl. carried by cross bars 62 connecting the stenis, The cross stem arrangement permits the pendulum weights to be disposed substantially in the same plane and closely adjacent each other. This result is secured by locating the plates which tlorm stems closely adjacent each other as shown in Figure t.

The suspension hubs 35 are adjustable relatively to the hubs 31 to control the initial position ot the pcndulums by means of ad.- justment screws 64.

Sealing of the scale is effected by varying the eccentricity oi the compensating cam or disc 4L5 relatively to shaft 44 by means of the adjustment screws 46. A further change of this cam may be secured by shaping the periphery of the cam and tor this purpose the rim 65 thereof is removable as shown in Figure 8.

An additional adjustment used in sealing the scale is secured by adjusting sealing weights 36 in and out relative to the disc 67 which disc is fixed to shaft id. (See Fig ures 6 and 9.)

Adjustment devices include setting knob 68 projecting up from the top of the dial housing andhaving a depending stem 09 which is threaded into a block 70 attached to supj'iorting frame 51. By turning this knob in the proper direction pulley 4:8 may be raised or lowered as desired.

Zero adjustment of the scale indicator is secured by means of supplementary setting knob 71 which is threaded to receive a threaded collar '72 surrounding the upper unthreaded end of stem 69. iy adjusting this knob the frame 51 may be raised or lowered to bring indicator 54: to the exact zero point on dial 55.

By the provision of the flexible tape connections intermediate the pendulum load counterbalancing means, the objectionable rack and pinion heretofore used at this pointis eliminated. The proper multiplication between the pendulum and indicating device is secured by making the wheel d8 oi? less diameter than pulley d5. By proper varying diameter of the small and large pulleys any desired multiplication may be secured. The equalizer arrangement and the penduhun suspension pern'iits the scale to be used on surfaces that are not exactly level Ill) and readily lends itself to portable scale construction in which a scale is moved from place to place from time to time.

The construction further provides for elimination of friction and drag in the parts and minimizes the use of knife edges and like parts which are subject to wear.

Providing a pendulum load counterbalancing system which is not displaced during a tare setting or Zero adjustment setting, as herein described, the variation of the initial position ofthe pendulum angle or, in other words, the balanced position thereof is maintained under all conditions. In this way the variation of pull exerted by the pendulnms in their different positions is the same whether the tare adjustment or zero adjustment has been eti ected or not.

In the present construction the provision ofthe extended arms exerts a compensating effect as the load is applied. These arms as they rock provide an increasing angularity with respect to tape 38 thereby offsetting the loss of the pendulum resisting power as the pendnlums swing outward.

In order to provide for the maintaii'iing' of the proper pendulum action when the pendnlums are out of level, it has been found preferable to fasten the tape 11S to the pulley 39 at the top thereof. it is preferably secured by extending a small pin 3?)" through the tape into pulley 39. This pin maintains knife edge to in a vertical position irrespective of slight displacements of the iieinlnlnm. It also serves to impart a displacement of one pendulum caused by an out of level position to the other pendulum in an equal amount in the opposite direction. This arrangenient maintains proper pendulum action under varying level conditioi'is of the device. The construction just described furthermore tends to prevent the s mchronous movement of the pernlulums and prevents any swinging movement thereof being transmitted to the pivotal indicator since the 1110- tion of the pendnlnms in any back and forth swinging direction is absorbed on knife edge el-O.

1. A pendulum load counterbalancing means for a weighing scale comprising in combination, a pair of pendulums having hub portions for said pendulul'i'is, a bearing member intermediate said hub portions, a flexible suspension means wrapped upon said hub portions and cooperating with said bearing member. and load transmitting flexible members wrapped upon said hub portions in an opposite direction to the aforesaid suspension means, and a common load transmitting element to which said last mentioned flexible members are connected.

2. A weighing scale comprising in combination, a pedestal, a head portion carrying the load counterbalancing means and indieating device, a draft rod extending into said head portion and a turn-table device including a bearing plate carried by the head portion. a rotatable connection in said draft rod including a plate-like member and ball bearings resting upon the aforesaid plate for permitting the turning of the head relatively to the pedestal without disturbing the indication of the scale.

3. A weighing scale including, a pivotal indicator, an automatic load connterlnilaming means and a load indicating dial, said dial having its last graduation coinciding with zero, and a tare dial having its zero coinciding with the zero of the load dial and havii'ig its mm'ierals progressively increasing upon the opposite side of zero from those on the load dial.

4. In a weighing; scale in combination with a load support, a double pendulum load counterbalancing system, flexible sus pension means therefor and. flexible driving connections therefor from said load support, said connections having provisions to impart a direct uncompensated driving movement to the pendulums, an indicator and operating connection including compensating means intermediate the pendulums and said indicator said compensatin;- means including a cam and a flexible tapelike member wrapped thereupon and co-operating therewith to effect the compensating motion.

in a. weighing scale in combination with a pendulum load connterlmlancing system, an indicating device, means for driving said indicating device from said pendulum system, said means inc-hiding flexible tape like members and cooperating pulley means, said pulley means including a compensating cam pulley to provide equal increments of indicator movement for equal increments of applied load.

(3. The invention set forth in claim 5 in which the compensating cam pulley is adjust-able to vary the compensating action thereof.

7. In a weighing scale, in combination with a. pendulum load countcrbalancing system, indicating devices, means for driving said il'idicating devices from said pendulum system, said means including flexible tape cormections and cooperating movement multiplying pulley members rotating in unison upon a common axis.

8.111 a weighing scale, in combination with a pendulum load coimterbalancing system, indicating devices, means for driving said indicating devices from said pendulum system, said means including flexible tape connections and cooperating multiple pulley devices of proper diameter to effect a desired multiplication of .moi-ement said pulley members being secured together to rotate to equal angular extents.

9. In a weighing scale, in combination with a pendulum load counterbalancing system, indicating devices, means for driving said indicating devices from said pendulum system, said means including flexible tape connections and cooperating pulley like members, certain oi pulley like members having a compensating cam action upon said movement transmitting tapes for the purpose described, the aforesaid indicating devices being mounted upon an axis separate from that of the compensating cam memher and adapted for rotatable movement.

10. In a weighing scale, in combination with a flexibly suspended pendulum load counterbalancing system, indicating devices and a flexible tape-like operating connection intermediate to said pendulum system and indicating devices.

11. In a weighing scale, in combination with pendulum load counterbalancing means, indicating devices, operating connections in termediate said pendulum means and said indicating devices, and adjusting means for effecting a relative shifting movement of said indicator devices with respect to said pendulums, said connections including flexible tape means.

12. A load counterbalancing means for a scale, comprising in combination with means displaced directly in accordance with applied, load, of a flexibly suspended pair of pendulums, oi? flexible pendulums displacing means connected with the aforesaid load displaced means, said pendulums having their stems relatively crossing each other whereby space is minimized and the gravity of the pendulums is utilized to maintain the hub portions of the pendulums in proximity.

13. A load counterbalaucing means .l'or a scale, comprising in colubinatioi'i with means ilisplaced directly in accordance with ap plied load, a floating rotating member carrying a pendulous weight, means for rotating said rotatable means from the aforesaid means in opposition to the resistance of the pendulous weight, a flexible suspi-nsiou for said, rotatable member wrapped thereon and a flexible member cooperating with said rota table member for tr n hitting the move mentthereof to indicating devices,

14L A pendulum load counterbalancing means for a weighing scale, comprising in combination with a part displaced by the applied load, a bearing member, a. pair of pendulums having their hub portions upon each side of said bearing member, curved rolling surfaces associated with said hub portions, flexible suspension members for said pendulums cooperating conjointly with said bearing member and said rolling surfaces, and flexible load transmitting means connected with the load displaced part and said rolling surfaces to displace said pendulums upwardly and outwardly and hub portions thereof downwardly upon the application of a load.

15. A weighing scale, comprising, in combination, a pendulum load counterbalancing means, a load indicating means connected to said pendulum means, a load support, and means for relatively shifting the relation of said pendulum counterbalancing means with respect to said load indicating means with out displacing said pendulum means for the purpose described.

16. An automatic load counterbalancing and indicating device for a weighing scale comprising in combination with pendulum load counterbalancing means, a pivotal indicator, flexible connections intermediate said pendulum load counterbalancing means and said indicator, a receiving surface associated with said pendulum counterbalano mg means for actuating said flexible connections, and wheels of varying diameter cooperating with said intermediate flexible connections to give the desired multiplication of drive to said indicator,

17. A pendulum load counterbalancing system for a weighing scale, including a plurality of flexibly suspended pendulums flexible connections intermediate said pendulums, and a part adapted to be displaced by i the applied load, said pendulums having their stems extending in a direction to relatively cross each other to thereby tend to maintain. the position of the pendulums.

18. In a pendulum load counterbalancing system for a weighing scale, comprising a pair of pendulums each pendulum having an extended arm portion, a pair adapted to be variably displaced in accordance with the displacement oil? the pendulums, means including a single looped tape comiection e;\fitending from said arm portions to said part, said means changing in relative angularity with respect to said arm portions as pendu lums swing outwardly whereby the varying pendulum resistance is con'ipensated for by the varying angular relation of said means and pendulum arm,

an z-iutomatic load coimterbalancing inechai M, an indicator driving means for weighin ale comprising in combination, a pair of flexibly supported pendulums, said pendulums having flexible element receiving surfaces associated therewith, flexible members associated with certain of said surfaces for driving and displac' j said pendulums, and flexible means assoc ed with and actu ated by other of said surfaces for actuating the indicator driving means.

20. An automatic load counterbalaucing i'i'lechanism, an indicator driving means for a weighing scale comprising in combination with the indicator driving means of a pair of flexibly supported pendulums, said pendulums having flexible element receiving surfaces associated therewith, an evener deand flexible vice actuated bv the applied load, flexible inenil aris 218*")l21l0tl with certain of the aforesaid surtaces on said pendulum means and with said evener device for driving and i'lisplacingr said pcndulums, and a flexible means assoc' .ted with and actuated by other oi the aloresaid surfaces for actuating the indicator driving devices.

21. An automatic load counterba]ancing mechanism, an indicator driving means for a weighing); scale con'iprising in combination with said indicator (ll'lVlllg'l' means of a pair of flexibly supported pendulnms. said pendulnms having flexible clement receiving surfaces associated therewith. flexible members associated with certain of said surfaces for driving and displacing said pendnlnms under the influence of applied loads. and connections from said pendulums to said indicator driving means. said connections including'tlexible connections and a compensating cam to provide equal increments of indicator travel with equal increments of applied load,

22. in automatic load counterbalancing means for a weighing scale comprising a plate-like support flexible suspension members depending therefrom and supported thereby, a pair of pendulums having hub portions connected to said flexible suspension members by wrapped connections, a second pair of flexible suspensionmembers oppositely wrapped upon said hub portions and connected thereto and depending therefrom, an evener member connected to said suspensionmembers, and a load supporting member connected to said evener member, an indicator, and means intermediate said pendulums and indicator tor driving the latter and compensating for the variation in the load offsetting Force of the pendnlums.

23. In aweighing scale in coniliiination with a flexibly suspended pendulum load counterbalancing system. indicating. devices tape-like comiections intermediate said pendulum system and the llltillCt ting devices. said connections including compensating means for compensating for the angularitv of the pendulums and for providing equal equal said load countcrbalan(ring means, said last mentioned means includii'igr an adjustable compensating cam and a cooperating flexible element to provide variabl: inljirstnicnts o'l? indicatin' travel while maintaining fixed travel relations between the load counterbalancin rmeans and the means jlior. operating the same.

26. A weighing scale comprising in combinatii'm. a pair of (re-operating: load counterl'ialancing pcndulums, a pivotal indicator, and means for driving the said .indicator by and upon the displacing of the penduluins, said means including a member mounted for a ri'ickine' movement upon an axis SCPHIHlG l l'filll that of the pivotal indicator, flexible coi'inect ions operatively interven necting said penduhnnsand said. rocking member to rock the latter upon the displacement otthe pein'lnlnins, and operating connections extending from said rocking mem her to the aforesaid pivotal indicator .for turning the latter upon the rocking of said member.

27. The invention as set :t'orth in claim 26 in which each of the pendulums is provided with a segmental surface to receive the flexible connection.

28. A weighing scale including in combination a pair of load counterbalancing pendulums, a pivotal indicator, and means for operating the indicator from the said pendulums upon the displacement of the latter, said means including an operating means disposed upon an axis different from that of the pivotal indicator and flexible connections and movable co-operating surfaces upon some of which surfaces the flexible connections wrap on with simultaneousl v unwrappiugot the flexible connections from other surfaces and vice versa upon displacement oil? the pendulum's in one direction or another.

29. A. weighing scale including in combination a pair of load counterbalancing pendulums, each having a curved surface thereon, a flexible tape co-opcrating with said surface, a pivotal mounted operating member, means for turning said operating member by and upon displacen'ient of said flexible tapeby the movement of the pendulnms, a pivotal indicator mounted tor turning movement upon an axis parallel with and separate from thcaxis of said operat ing: IllQll'llJGl', and means for turning the indicator by and upon the turning of the operating member.

30. A loadcounterbalancing and indicating device for a weighing scale including in combination a pivotal indicator, a pivotall v mounted indicator operating means disposed upon an axis separate from that of the indicator, inter-connecting means for turning: the indicator upon turning of the operating means, a pair of load counterl Utl balancing penduh'uns, each provided with u curved tape receiving surface, and means iuter-connecting: the penduhnns and the indicator operating means, said means inc1udingr tape connections (to-operating with the :iit'oresaid curved tape receiving surface of the said penduiums.

81. A load connteri.)ahincing and infi'iicriting device for i Weighii'ig scale including in combination a pivotal indicator, a pivotnliy mounted operating means disposed upon. an axis separate from that of the indientor, intenconnecting means for turning the indicator upon turning 01' the operating; means, 21, pair of load counterhalnneing pendnlnnis each provided with an operating arm, and means connecting each of said arms with said indicator operating means to turn the latter upon the conjoint dis-' placement of the penduhm'is.

In testimony whereof We hereto nfiix our signatures.

LOUIS A. OSGOOD. ELMER E. VOLF. 

